Showcasing key digital and innovation projects across Victoria
Monday 6th September, 10am - 1pm
The 2021 Victorian Regional Growth Showcase is an online half-day event to build awareness and celebrate the key digital and innovation projects happening across Victoria. The Showcase shared how the Regional Digital Fund is supporting local communities based on four themes - Connectivity, Digital Hubs, Digital Health and Digital Inclusion.
Learn about the amazing projects happening and make new connections across the Victoria Regional Partnerships and Local Government Authorities.
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Event Overview
The Regional Growth Showcase gives insight into the 29 different digital innovation projects underway across Victoria, with the aim of building awareness and allowing the key organisations and individuals involved in the projects to network with each other and connect with fellow industry peers.
The key aims of the Regional Growth Showcase are to :
Build awareness around the key digital and innovation projects across Victoria
Champion the regional projects and teams
Connect project teams with the wider community
Support innovation and business growth
Connect local ecosystems and build further collaboration
Catch up on the event recording for free below!
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What will the Showcase highlight?
Experience the benefits of connecting with the regional community.
We want to build awareness around the key organisations and individuals involved in the projects to encourage further collaboration amongst the regional community.
Our goal is to curate a community of like-minded business leaders who come together around common challenges and ambitions to build better business outcomes.
The success of the Regional Growth Project is measured by growing the number of healthy, sustainable and scalable businesses throughout Regional Australia. We want to create the opportunity for you to connect with your regional peers and share your actionable stories to impact the regional economy.
Through new and reinvigorated connections, collaborations and inspiring stories we can build a thriving network of regional champions, ultimately increasing the competitiveness of regional and rural communities.
Agenda
9:55am - Event opens for attendees on Zoom
10:00am - 10:05am - Event kick-off and Welcome
10:05am-10:10am - State Government Welcome
10:10am - 10:30am - Event overview - agenda, overview of systems-based approach (Phil Ore, Margot Ingoldby)
10:30am - 10:34am - Introduction to Connectivity session (Emma Van Smale)
10:34am- 10:40am - Connectivity Speaker 1: IoT Starter Kit (Vanessa Hall)
10:40am- 10:46am - Connectivity Speaker 2: 100GBps (Glenn Pomeroy)
10:46am-10:52am - Connectivity Speaker 3: Connecting Bonegilla (Shelley Knight)
10:52am-11:00am- Questions for the speaker panel & where to find other projects
11:00am-11:04am - Introduction to Digital Hubs session (Phil Ore)
11:04am-11:12am - Digital Hubs Speaker 1: Smythesdale (Peter Ridsdale)
11:12am-11:24am - Digital Hubs Panel - Smythesdale (Peter Ridsdale), Ararat (Tim McDougall), SW TAFE (Michael Dean)
11:24am-11:30am - Questions to the speaker panel & where to find other projects
11:30am-11:40am - BREAK
11:40am-11:45am - Introduction to Digital Inclusion session (Emma Van Smale)
11:45am-11:54am - Panel 1 - Education Pathways: Building Digital Capability (Maree Herath), Virtual 360 Showcase (Bec Costa-Lowe)
11:54am-12:03pm - Panel 2 - Business Support: Destination Gippsland (Janine Hayes), BuyFromNorthEastVic (Catherine Macmillan)
12:03pm-12:10pm - Questions to the speaker panel & where to find other projects
12:10pm-12:12pm - Introduction to Digital Health session (Phil Ore)
12:12pm-12:35pm - Panel Discussion (Jane Kealey, Kylie Ovenden, Katherine Teh, Rachel Robinsonn)
12:35pm-12:40pm - Questions to speaker panel & where to find other projects
12:40pm-12:45pm - Event wrap up (Phil Ore, Emma Van Smale, Margot Ingoldby)
12:45pm-1:00pm - Interactive networking session
1:00pm - Event Close